A nice picture made in 1966 of a Fiat 650E with a Hulo-trailer and crane.
DAF had strong connections with Roset from Bergen op Zoom. By 1950 (with presence on the Amsterdam-show)
a small van (A10) and a lorry (A31) were made by Roset, complete bodywork or cab.
IIRC the DAF A31 could be the twin brother of the White 3000 series from also 1950. Coincidence?
American influences on quite some design as US-marques were quite succesful just after WW2
when all transportcompanies had to rebuild with army surplus, also British makes as Foden, AEC
Found some examples…
Volvo L375 from 1955 in front of the factory of Paul & Van Weelde
Austin from 1954 with cab from Van Eck and body from Verheul
ERF-Continental:
Found some examples…Volvo L375 from 1955 in front of the factory of Paul & Van Weelde
Austin from 1954 with cab from Van Eck and body from Verheul
Lots of similarities between the two Austins, the cab on the Bakker lorry being attributed to Brouwers by our resident expert.
After WW2 transport needed creativty as chassis were no longer available and army-surplus
also needed adjustments. Kuiphuis from Oldenzaal (Eastern part of Holland, close to the German
border) bought an ex-army GMC with crane. Not only as a wrecker but also for lifting (old) bodies
of former trucks, hence a sort of container-approach. In the early fifties Kuiphuis also produced
tailer-made cabs, like the one on the DAF-chassis. Nowadays Kuiphuis is known for its impressive
fleet of cranes together with heavy-transport.
A rather new bodybuilder to the early listings over here is Van Rossem from Rijswijk (The Hague-region)
with here a nice xample of a group-cab for removal- and transport-company Kalisvaart from The Hague.
The tractor is a DAF R50-type from 1953 with an DAF-AA8-trailer.
Kromhout with front-cab, who is the cab builder ?
